Patent SG-11201907241Y-A (SG)
Title: Remote administration of initial computer operating system setup options
Inventor: PURI NAMRATA
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2018-02-20
Abstract: Generate computer record 121 store info from record with durable device ID Administr4tor 102 Entity 101 100 141 extract info from record, & generate durable device ID if valid 161 Validate Set options create profile 122 Network 105 \" 44 1 Manufacturer 104 Figure 1 132 123 00 O C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 30 August 2018 (30.08.2018) WIPO I PCT 0111111010 0111 °nolo moniloomi Immo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/156462 Al (51) International Patent Classification: GOOF 21/12 (2013.01) GOOF 8/61 (2018.01) HO4L 12/24 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/018652 (22) International Filing Date: 20 February 2018 (20.02.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/444,251 27 February 2017 (27.02.2017) US (71) Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LI- CENSING, LLC [US/US]; One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 (US). (72) Inventors: PURI, Namrata, Shankar; Microsoft Technol- ogy Licensing, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 (US). BARHUDARIAN, Anna; Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Red- mond, WA 98052-6399 (US). MANTRI, Siddharth; Mi- crosoft Technology Licensing, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 (US). BOSTANCI, Hakki, Tunc; Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, One Mi- crosoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 (US). SHEP- ARD, Marc; Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 (US). (74) Agent: MINHAS, Sandip, S. et al.; Microsoft Technolo- gy Licensing, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (54) Title: REMOTE ADMINISTRATION OF INITIAL COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM SETUP OPTIONS (57) : Remote administration of initial computer operating system setup options is facilitated by systems and mechanisms that provide such initial setup options to a computing device during an earlier stage of the operating system setup. An administrator defines, in a profile, how such initial setup options are to be set and when an operating system is being set up it communicates with licensing servers to validate the copy of the operating system. If authorized, and if set up by an administrator, initial setup options are provided to the computing device at such an early stage of the operating system setup. Processes executing on the computing device then utilize software licensing application program interfaces to not only validate the copy of the operating system, but also to set the initial setup options in the manner pre-specified by the administrator. A customized directory service login user interface is one such initial setup option. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/156462 Al O II CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(11)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))